Alton restrained Ryan and gestured to Claire to keep speaking.
“Honestly, it’s like that. The two of us are playing the love game of the century, but the stance of the adults in the family is different, isn’t it? The nobles’ marriages prioritize family ties and prosperity as the first and ultimate goal, gathering with people of the same rank, similar status, to marry and build bonds. Ultimately, marriage itself is an external event to elevate the ‘family’s’ status, but I’m worried that the one who should care about others’ eyes more than anyone has decided the family’s major and minor matters too hastily.”
Claire’s outspoken remark seemed truly insane.
Ryan’s face turned red as he grabbed his neck and twisted it, and Lady Baron was restless, just looking around. And Riley sincerely admired Claire.
For Riley, Claire’s action was truly reckless but at the same time courageous. Even if it stemmed from a malicious desire to ruin this engagement, the courage to put it into action was truly admirable.
How upset must she have been to take such a reckless action… Riley was sure that she would never understand Claire in her lifetime.
“I’m really worried about my sister. The more I consider various realistic problems, the more I don’t understand this situation. Isn’t it? All the preparations needed for marriage, the costs are all taken care of, and the marriage going on without a hitch is not a problem now, but later? Already entering into an unbalanced relationship… And there will be massive media coverage when you marry, exposure to people… Our family doesn’t have the strength to handle the aftermath…”
That the word ‘worried’ about her sister came out of that mouth.
At Claire’s topnotch acting, Riley was at a loss for words. There would be no one to match Claire’s shamelessness.
A brief silence fell.
Ryan and Lady Baron seemed to have given up already. They looked half out of their minds. On the other hand, Alton and Gibnen were very composed, and Ribne, for some reason, stared sharply at her but kept silent.
“And also… My sister is lacking in education, honestly, I don’t think she’s suited to be the lady of the Lannister family. So without proper basic education… There’s also a track record of engagement with another man, then broken off, and when she marries, this will come up again, so will you protect my sister’s honor? I don’t know, I don’t understand this marriage from one to ten, and also…”
Claire became more and more rambling.
In fact, the situation itself was funny when the younger sister brought up realistic problems while the parents remained silent. Moreover, at first it seemed plausible, but as she went on, it felt more like she was squeezing out reasons why they shouldn’t marry.
Claire was desperate as if she were possessed by a novelist writing a novel titled “100 Reasons Why Gibnen and Riley Should Not Marry.”
Alton, who had been quietly listening to Claire’s story, slowly shifted his gaze.
“Do you think the same?”
“No, absolutely not!”
“I see.”
Alton smiled at Claire, stroking his chin.
“I understand what you’re worried about. But your claim is wrong from the premise.”
“…….”
“This marriage is not a disadvantageous marriage for us. The expression ‘a marriage only for the body’ is inappropriate.”
“….Why?”
“Surely, aristocratic marriages have traditionally been formed between families of similar status. Even in our family, it was so. But now that doesn’t matter much.”
“…….”
“Our family has been deeply connected with the founding of the empire and has prospered enough now. In the future, our family’s prosperity means noble lineage, that is, continuing the pure mage’s lineage. Of course, the age will come when being a mage is more important than the family’s lineage in the marriage market. Such talent as a mage has infinite value. We’re investing in that future. The family’s origin is not important to us.”
Claire was dumbfounded. Whether or not, Alton continued to explain very kindly to clear her doubt.
“The seed of the mage is drying up. Our people enjoy the convenience that ‘magic’ provides, but the talent to provide ‘magic’ as a service is drying up. In the future, the problem of mage population depletion will become more serious. There will be a time when they fight to secure a mage. An era when the value of a mage surpasses the family and property. In fact, the towers are already spending big money on recruiting mage talent.”
“….Even if the seed of the mage is drying up, there should be enough noble familyaffiliated mages, right? A family like Lianster can easily find a suitable marriage, right?”
“Why should I bother with that?”
“…….”
“My son likes the girl, and she’s a mage. I don’t see any reason to object.”
“It would be better if she belonged to a powerful family.”
At Claire’s words, Alton burst into laughter.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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